irreproachable.

Not open to justified blame or criticism in the relevant conduct or respect.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• irreproachable conduct
• irreproachable integrity

On the page

Her handling of the confidential letters was irreproachable, though her interpretation of them was disputed.

The narrator’s apparently irreproachable conduct made the hidden compromise harder to recognize.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Ordinarily non-gradable in the stated categorical sense; compare degree only where the context genuinely permits it. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, interpretation, contrast, characterization. Disciplines: prose writing, literary analysis, advanced general English. Commonness: uncommon.